258 ORCHID-aEOWER's MANUAL. 



C. Stonei, Loiv. — This superb species first flowered in the 

 fine collection of J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, after whose 

 Orchid-grower it is named. It has thick fleshy roots, and 

 produces few dark green leathery oblong mucronate leaves, 

 ten or twelve inches long, from the midst of which the dark 

 purple scape ascends to the height of two feet, bearmg three 

 or four flowers. The sepals are large, white within, streaked 

 with deep purple-brown, and stained with dark purple on the 

 outer side ; the petals are five inches long, curved down- 

 wards, yellow for two-thirds of their length, streaked and 

 blotched with brown-purple, the tip wholly brown-purple ; and 

 the lip is large, purplish red with darker purple veins. The 

 lip is peculiarly slipper-like in form. It produces its blossoms 

 during autumn. There are several varieties, but all are worth 

 growing. — Borneo. 



-piG.—Bot. Mag., t. 5349 ; Bafmi. 2nd Cent. Orcli. PI, t. 141 ; III. Hort , 

 t. 355 ; Jennings, Orch., t. 12 ; Flore des Serves, t. 1792 ; Orchid Album, 

 i. t. 8. 



C. Stonei platytsenium, Bchh. f. — This handsome variety 

 is much superior to the type and a grand addition to its 

 class. It was imported by the Messrs. Low & Co., of 

 Clapton, many years ago, and first flowered by John Day, 

 Esq., of Tottenham. The flowers are conspicuous from 

 the breadth of their petals. The dorsal sepal is white with 

 purple stripes ; the broadly ligulate petals are four to five 

 inches in length and three-fourths of an inch in breadth, 

 curved downwards, whitish on the outer surface, spotted and 

 tinted with yellow, deep crimson-purple at the tips, the inner 

 surface white blotched with reddish purple ; the lip is similar 

 to that of C. Stonei, rosy purplish veined with darker purple. 

 — Borneo. 



'Fig.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PI., iii. t. 14 ; Floral Mag , 2 ser , t. 414 ; Xcnia 

 Orch., ii. t. 161 ; Gard. Chron., 1867, 1118, with fig. 



C. SUperMens, Bchh. /. — This very handsome species may 

 be regarded as the best of the C. harhatum group. It is of 

 free growth and good habit, and has finely variegated 

 foliage, so that when out of bloom it has a beautiful appear- 

 ance. The flowers are large, with a broadly ovate acuminate, 

 ciliated, white dorsal sepal, closely marked by longitudinal 

 veins, which are brownish purple at the base and green above ; 

 the oblong ligulate bluntish petals are upwards of three inches 

 long and nearly an inch broad, white suffused with green 



